Change Display Settings Of Favorited Sites In Internet Explorer Bookmarks Bar

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If there are a lot of bookmarks in the Internet Explorer bookmark bar, it can get cluttered to access them. However, the display option for these bookmarks can be changed. By default, all the favorited sites visible in the bookmark bar are shown with their long titles. This can be changed to either a short title or even icons. Here is how : Right click on any one of the favorited sites from bookmark...

How to Quickly Fix Typos When Using Internet Explorer

Speckie is a cool Internet Explorer (IE) add-on that checks spelling when typing in real time and suggests correct words. To use it, first download from here and follow the on-screen instructions. Once installed, the prompt of enabling Speckie will be displayed, select Enable. To see Speckie in action, try typing into a form or a comment field using IE. All the typos will be displayed with the red...

Quickly Pin Favorite Websites To Windows Start Menu When Using Internet Explorer 9

Internet Explorer 9 comes with an option of pinning favorite websites to the Windows start menu so that they can be launched directly just like an application instead of first loading Internet Explorer and then typing in the website address or using Favorites tab. To do this : 1. Open Internet Explorer 9 and select the gear icon. From the menu that appears, select File > Add site to Start menu. 2....

How To Change History Settings In Internet Explorer 9

History and temporary internet file settings in Internet Explorer 9
By default, Internet Explorer 9 keeps a history of visited websites for last 20 days. Here is how to change the time period for which history of websites is maintained : 1. Select the gear icon in Internet Explorer and choose Internet options. 2. Under the browsing history section, select Settings. 3. In the History section, change the number of days from default of 20 days next to option of days...

Quickly Fix Internet Explorer Issues

If Internet Explorer (IE) keeps crashing on starting or simply becomes unresponsive / slow to use / hangs regularly, here is a simple way to fix it: 1. Click the gears icon in IE and select Internet Options. 2.  Go to Advanced Tab and hit the Reset button. 3. Select Reset in the pop up window that appears. The reason why resetting works is because it simply rolls back IE to default state (the...

How To Auto Delete Temporary Internet Files In Internet Explorer 9

Here is a quick way to ensure all temporary internet files are automatically deleted in Internet Explorer on exit : 1. Select the gears icon and then Internet Options in IE 9. 2. Go to Advanced > Security section. 3. Enable the option “ Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed”. Close the browser and re-launch it. So once the above setting is enabled, all the accumulated...